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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

51 reviews

serenfletcher_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Deserving of the hype and its status as a classic within the English literary canon. Unlike with most classics, whilst reading this book I did not find its pacing to be an issue. There are some beautiful quotes throughout this novel, but my favourite aspect of it has to be the dynamics between characters and generations. Wuthering Heights also provides incredible insight into the Gothic genre. For a work of fiction, this novel is fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Confinement, Classism, Child death, Child abuse, and Abandonment

lightning_015's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Incest

Minor: Bullying and Child abuse

xmargretha's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I started reading this book thinking it would be this strong romance between these two forbidden lovers, but is was anything but that, I found it a very intense dark book but that is exactly what made it good.

Heathcliff was this very violent, angry and hurt character I feel like the way he was treated as a child really ruined him, even when he was with Cathtrine he would hurt her.

the characters troughout the book you really get to know them and their personality traits, there a  some characters I really hoped that they would make it trough. this books touches on subjects such as child abuse, death and trauma. even though it was a quite a heavy book is was brilliantly written, I am definitely going to reread it and recommend it to other people because it leaves you thinking on certain subjects.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood, Bullying, and Cursing

Heatcliff was a very vocabulary abusive toward Isabella and Cathrine Linton, there is some disrespect towards women

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I found this one very slow paced and reading it was quite the grind. Exceptionally dark though, so I naturally loved it.

Say what you will about the villain but I was impressed by his perseverance and how he uses the very same systemic techniques that oppressed him to oppress others, effectively perpetuating the misery.

Made me think of Philip Larkin's words:

"Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself."

Sidenote: I'd generously say that I understood about 30% of what Joseph says in the book. Didn't make a difference, really.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and Animal cruelty

ctama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

hhfregg24601's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

libbymoony's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Racism

dani007k's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Infidelity and Kidnapping

therobinjoyce's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

"𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜,' 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚. 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚!"

Wow, where to start. So this WASN'T the lovely gothic romance l was expecting and had been led to believe. Having slogged through this book for the last 6 days I feel as if I need to be contacting some kind of customer service department to after refund for the time I just wasted reading this book. 

If I hadn't agreed to Buddy read this with another person I would probably have stopped reading after two or three chapters. The language is difficult, yes but considering the time period in which it was written you can understand why it is so difficult to read. That was the type of language that they use and that was the type of language used in novels and the written work so I can overcome that and look past it and after a while you do stop seeing the different language than what we used today but still the themes and plot of this whole novel in my honest opinion ridiculous and there is no way a book of this calibre would stand should it be released in the modern day.

The entire cast is full of selfish, evil, narcissistic assholes who show no respect to anybody else and with no self-respect at all for themselves.  The whole novel is basically a combination of child abuse, over indulgence, emotional abuse, and unrestrained anger issues . None of this is healthy and that is amplified by the fact that almost every single character in this book ends up meeting and timely demise in one form or another.

I can understand why people call it a classic and, I suppose, if you enjoy reading about social classes and interactions between people of different classes and the way the world seemed to work back in those days, then you'd probably have a field trip with this book. But for any normal person, either going into this believing that is a romance or, looking for a nice classic book to read, I would recommend that you pick up something by one of the other Brontë sisters because Wuthering Heights is not enjoyable, not remotely intriguing, nor interesting, and has no other pull to it other than the fact that people have bigger it up for centuries.

That is the only reason this book is still around and still being talked about - because Emily is connected with Charlotte and Anne so the Brontë name stands out and holds her above the rest. And for the fact that this book has been around for centuries so people assume it is a classic and portrays a perfect picture of the world back then. I do not find this to be true and in all honesty, I would never recommend this book to anybody.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mitzireads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexism